Rich businesspeople like me don’t create jobs...

Anyone who’s ever run a business knows that hiring more people is a capitalist’s course of last resort, something we do only when increasing customer demand requires it...

In a capitalist economy, the true job creators are consumers, the middle class. And taxing the rich to make investments that grow the middle class is the single smartest thing we can do for the middle class, the poor and the rich.

Let’s unleash the true power of the job creators! | Jay Bookman

In a series of blog posts our colleagues at Trend and AlienVault have detailed recent attacks on NGO’s, and how trojanized RTF files have been used as vehicles to plant various remote access trojans on unsuspecting users using the CVE-2012-0158 vulnerability.

In addition, they both mention that apparently stolen digital  certificates have been used to sign the trojan files...

The Shiqiang Gang | Norman Blog

Credit default swaps

Fill ‘er Up — with Unregulated! | The Big Picture

If you fail, all you know is that the particular path you took through that decision space didn’t work. But, it really doesn’t tell you much about which of the other paths might work.

But, if you succeed, you’ve created a pattern for success; a guide through that huge information space that can give you a sense of where to go next time.

The lies we tell ourselves. “I’ve learned more from my failures than my successes”

This is an excellent collection of hipster wallpaper images.

The Desktop Wallpaper Project | The Fox Is Black

There is a lot of anger among my Facebook friends regarding North Carolina's gay marriage ban. I thought it might be worth explaining some of the strategic context - why pass a constitutional amendment to ban something that is already banned?

The strategy is to motivate conservative voters to show up for the primary. Primaries typically have low voter turnout. People who vote in the primary are more likely to vote in the general election. As North Carolina is considered a "battleground state," reinforcing conservative voter's commitment to vote in that state is part of the Republican strategy to win the general election.

So in other words, most of the people who put this amendment on the ballot don't really give a damn about gay rights one way or the other. They care about the Presidency, and they are using people's hate to rally their troops so that they can win it. Its worth understanding the bigger game that is being played.

There are many years and another major bottom left in this bear market.

Long Term Secular Cycles on S&P | The Big Picture

I received the list below (of “Significant Cyber Attacks” on Federal systems since 2004) from sources on Capitol Hill last week.  After reading through it and checking the data, it seemed worth making the list part of the public record.

Lawfare › Significant Cyber Attacks on Federal Systems — 2004-present

Somebody with an actual clue about basic social issues. Don't worry, this will never take off. People are too petty for this.

Lincoln High School in Walla Walla, WA, tries new approach to school discipline — suspensions drop 85% | ACEs Too High

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